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Today — 15 December 2025Main stream

To China, Jimmy Lai Was an Arch Villain. To His Supporters, He Was Their Hope.

Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong publisher and democracy campaigner, was convicted of national security charges in a city where even minor dissent is now whispered.

© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, received guilty verdicts in a national security trial on Monday.

What We Know About the American Troops in Syria

14 December 2025 at 17:20
The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.

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U.S. Army soldiers gather before a patrol from a remote combat outpost in northeastern Syria in 2021.

Zelensky Offers Compromise for New Round of Ukraine Peace Talks

15 December 2025 at 04:28
Ukraine’s president met with U.S. negotiators about plans to end the war with Russia. He said he would give up hopes of joining NATO in exchange for security guarantees.

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Steve Witkoff, the American special envoy, left, greeting President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Berlin on Sunday.
Yesterday — 14 December 2025Main stream

What We Know About the American Troops in Syria

14 December 2025 at 17:20
The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.

© John Moore/Getty Images

U.S. Army soldiers gather before a patrol from a remote combat outpost in northeastern Syria in 2021.

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block

14 December 2025 at 01:48
The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in September, after signing an agreement that pledged to extend research collaborations and deepen partnerships in the tech industry.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Venezuela Oil Tanker Seized by U.S. Was Part of Effort to Finance Cuba

Firms with ties to Cuba are getting a larger share of Venezuelan oil exports, as the island’s security agents boost President Nicolás Maduro’s defenses.

© Vantor, via Associated Press

An oil tanker called the Skipper in the southern Caribbean Sea. It was seized by the United States.

For Rubio the Cuba Hawk, the Road to Havana Runs Through Venezuela

President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba’s government, which has close security and economic ties to Venezuela.

© Allison Robbert for The New York Times

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s parents immigrated to Florida from Havana three years before Cuba’s communist revolution prevailed in 1959.

To Get to Oslo, Machado Skirted Military Checkpoints and Survived Rough Seas

An American firm with experience in special operations spirited María Corina Machado, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, out of the country in a secretive land, sea and air operation.

© Leonhard Foeger/Reuters

María Corina Machado spent the last year hiding from President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela’s regime.

For 2 Hours, a Soccer Match Offers Palestinians a Rarity: Joy

The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

A Seized Oil Tanker Off Venezuela and the Big Business of Dark Fleet Smuggling

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

Oil tankers anchored at a refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2022. The country relies heavily on a so-called dark fleet to export its oil.

What to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela

The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.

© Planet Labs, via Reuters

A satellite image showing the Skipper, an oil tanker, near Port Jose, Venezuela, in November.
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